In trying to envision a home’s suitability for her and her household, women told us they essentially use four aspects or “lenses” when evaluating a home: Entertaining; De-stressing; Storing and Flexible Living. In color-coding our floor plans accordingly, Livability At A Glance makes it easier to visualize how the home lives.

The four Livability lenses also are a better way to search for the perfect home plan. Sure, searching by overall size and number of bedrooms is important—it reduces the number of plans to look at. But Livability Search is different, allowing you to search for home plans based on how you want the home to live. By rating how important each of those four Livability lenses are to you, you’ll likely find specific plans that interest you more quickly and maybe discover something about your preferences in the process!

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WOMAN-CENTRIC MATTERS!®

What is a Woman-Centric home? Feedback from home buyers—mostly women—inspired the team at Design Basics to look at home design differently. Homeowner frustrations became opportunities for new, innovative design solutions for enhanced livability and style. See Woman-Centric design amenities and read customer experiences with this new home building approach from Design Basics.

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INSULATED CONCRETE FORMS (ICF)

You can build a stronger, safer new home using Insulated Concrete Forms (ICFs). You'll also enjoy lower utility bills and better indoor environmental quality. We've worked with leading product suppliers to adapt many of our home plans to take advantage of the unique benefits offered by these products.

LIVABILITY AT A GLANCE™

Rather than starting with the elevation when looking at a house plan, women often begin by looking at floor plans. Which begged the question, “How do women look at home plans?” As we delved into this topic, we learned women look at a home plan to determine “how the home lives.” From this discovery, Livability at a Glancewas born.

YOUR NEW HOME PERSONALITY

Your personality influences your perception of a home. What is your new home personality? It’s fun…and more than a little revealing into why you are drawn to certain features and amenities. And, it’s amazing just how much of your core personality is reflected in our home plans!

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Our Woman-Centric Matters! approach is based on customer
feedback, mostly from our
women customers. With an
understanding and appreciation
for women's preferences of
products selected for the home, we've been inspired to design our homes with innovative solutions for enhanced livability and style.

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